9:07 PM] fumean.beanmachine: heyo
[9:08 PM] fumean.beanmachine: are you on atm :0c
[9:31 PM] Reed: yea!
[9:31 PM] Reed: just got home
[9:31 PM] Reed: whats up
[9:31 PM] fumean.beanmachine: do you know if
[9:31 PM] fumean.beanmachine: your friend is available any time within the hour
[9:31 PM] fumean.beanmachine: :eyes: :sweat_drops:
[9:31 PM] fumean.beanmachine: slately
[9:31 PM] Reed: uhhhh no she only gets home at like
[9:31 PM] Reed: uhh
[9:31 PM] Reed: usually my midnight
[9:31 PM] fumean.beanmachine: WEEPS
[9:31 PM] Reed: why whats up,... is there like
[9:31 PM] Reed: a problem - -
[9:31 PM] Reed: is it a tiny problem or a big one
[9:31 PM] fumean.beanmachine: slatelys app doesnt
[9:32 PM] Reed: skjfhsku
[9:32 PM] fumean.beanmachine: have any mention of the militia
[9:32 PM] fumean.beanmachine: in the history
[9:32 PM] fumean.beanmachine: which is a requirement
[9:32 PM] Reed: :o
[9:32 PM] Reed: OH
[9:32 PM] Reed: oh
[9:32 PM] Reed: i proofread it for her and i totally missed it // its my fault
[9:32 PM] fumean.beanmachine: it just says ian was travelling with marion ever since but that doesnt count wheezes
[9:32 PM] Reed: im so sorry!! basically ian and marion travelled that direction together ... if slate adds it in when they get home, would that still count?
[9:32 PM] fumean.beanmachine: hrnhmrh
[9:32 PM] fumean.beanmachine: when do they
[9:33 PM] fumean.beanmachine: get home
[9:33 PM] fumean.beanmachine: whats ur timezone
[9:33 PM] Reed: well
[9:33 PM] Reed: my timezone is PST
[9:33 PM] Reed: but theyre cst
[9:33 PM] Reed: they work from like
[9:33 PM] Reed: 2pm to midnight
[9:33 PM] Reed: my time
[9:33 PM] Reed: i think?
[9:33 PM] Reed: jkhfkue
[9:33 PM] Reed: wait
[9:33 PM] fumean.beanmachine: ohh
[9:33 PM] fumean.beanmachine: CST
[9:33 PM] Reed: my noon to midnight
[9:34 PM] fumean.beanmachine: they get off right at
[9:34 PM] fumean.beanmachine: the deadline
[9:34 PM] fumean.beanmachine: HDAGJKWHEL
[9:34 PM] Reed: yea .....
[9:34 PM] Reed: dsfsdf
[9:34 PM] fumean.beanmachine: hmm
[9:34 PM] fumean.beanmachine: i
[9:34 PM] fumean.beanmachine: ill ask gold wheeze
[9:34 PM] Reed: ahh... ok;; thank you :pray:  :pray:
[9:34 PM] Reed: im so sorry.. i didnt see the militia needing to be mentioned as a requirement, i must have totally missed it
[9:34 PM] Reed: i figured it was common sense
[9:34 PM] fumean.beanmachine: well
[9:34 PM] fumean.beanmachine: we didnt state that was requirement for that very reason
[9:35 PM] fumean.beanmachine: we thought itd be common sense that people would mention how/why they joined
[9:35 PM] fumean.beanmachine: dhsklgabhlgewdv
[9:35 PM] fumean.beanmachine: it shouldve been a given since the entire groups premise is about that
[9:35 PM] fumean.beanmachine: :sweat_drops:
[9:35 PM] Reed: arara.... that could be very misleading in the future... like its totally common sense, which is why most people did it, but then you have airbrains for editors (looks @ me skdjfhse)
[9:35 PM] fumean.beanmachine: hsdkljgahlnewd
[9:35 PM] fumean.beanmachine: we'll
[9:35 PM] fumean.beanmachine: include it for the next opening to make sure ppl know
[9:36 PM] fumean.beanmachine: since slately wasnt the only person to forget mentioning it
[9:36 PM] Reed: its more of like.... implied i guess? since its teeechnically a partner app w mine? SKUEHF IM SORRY.... regardless of what decision you make, I will understand//
[9:36 PM] fumean.beanmachine: oof
[9:36 PM] fumean.beanmachine: yeah despite marion and ian having connected histories, the characters still need to be able to stand on their own and have their own details if that makes sense
[9:36 PM] Reed: yea yea// thats totally fair
[9:36 PM] fumean.beanmachine: BUT anyway ill go let gold know the situation and see what we can come up with
[9:36 PM] Reed: i think so too
[9:37 PM] Reed: yaaaa :pray: pls
[9:37 PM] Reed: tysmmm
[9:37 PM] Reed: ; v ;;
[10:04 PM] fumean.beanmachine: as long as Slately comes online soon we'll be willing to mention it to them
[10:04 PM] fumean.beanmachine: so :pray:
[10:06 PM] Reed: ahhh ok ok // well, they'll be online uhhh
[10:06 PM] Reed: later today sometime???
[10:06 PM] Reed: so
[10:06 PM] fumean.beanmachine: later today
[10:06 PM] Reed: . idk -- might be best to ping them in the server or pm them or sth-
[10:06 PM] fumean.beanmachine: w e e p S
[10:06 PM] fumean.beanmachine: i
[10:06 PM] fumean.beanmachine: dm'd them
[10:06 PM] fumean.beanmachine: twice
[10:06 PM] fumean.beanmachine: weeps
[10:06 PM] Reed: o ok //
[10:06 PM] Reed: then when they're off work they'll see it
[10:06 PM] fumean.beanmachine: its
[10:06 PM] fumean.beanmachine: 12 CST rn
[10:06 PM] fumean.beanmachine: huff huff
[10:06 PM] Reed: .... yea...... theyre usually just getting off work right now
[10:07 PM] Reed: skjefhskeh
[10:07 PM] fumean.beanmachine: aight,,
[10:07 PM] fumean.beanmachine: weeps
[10:07 PM] fumean.beanmachine: we just
[10:07 PM] Reed: how many hours are u willin 2 wait?
[10:07 PM] fumean.beanmachine: cant wait too much longer
[10:07 PM] fumean.beanmachine: we're not willing to wait an hour hdnskbgbla
[10:07 PM] fumean.beanmachine: like 30 mins at most
[10:07 PM] Reed: oof//
[10:07 PM] fumean.beanmachine: :sweat_drops:
[10:08 PM] Reed: er... i dont mean to be presumptuous, but is it really so bad if one person updates their history an hour or so later? Like except that one little thing, they're all set right?
[10:09 PM] Reed: The group, according to the discord anyways, only has 20 people tops, so the competition isnt super intense to get in
[10:10 PM] Reed: sdfsdf... im rlly sorry if that sounds kind of rude bc i didnt mean it that way at all// i just feel like, since its on the smaller side, it also feels a little homier and potentially more forgiving?
[10:10 PM] Reed: especially since its not like theyre ignoring the dm, they're just literally driving or something
[10:14 PM] fumean.beanmachine: well see the difficult thing is like
[10:14 PM] fumean.beanmachine: its not just the militia thing
[10:15 PM] fumean.beanmachine: there was something else that we brought up in the app check that didnt seem to go anywhere even after the edits
[10:15 PM] fumean.beanmachine: so we were going to bring that up as well
[10:15 PM] fumean.beanmachine: but like
[10:15 PM] Reed: oh? :o yikes/// what was it? Slate told me what the edits needed to be so I thought I helped them comb thru all of them sdf
[10:16 PM] Reed: err
[10:16 PM] fumean.beanmachine: the part where
[10:16 PM] fumean.beanmachine: Ian leaves home
[10:16 PM] fumean.beanmachine: it really doesnt feel like there was any
[10:16 PM] fumean.beanmachine: emotional impact from that decision
[10:16 PM] fumean.beanmachine: im p sure we brought that up
[10:16 PM] fumean.beanmachine: to have that expanded on dhsgjkhelds
[10:16 PM] fumean.beanmachine: and after reading it there still rlly isnt any.. direction to that
[10:17 PM] fumean.beanmachine: it just feels like its there to be there
[10:17 PM] Reed: oh... slate did bring that up actually. I guess we didn't really understand what you meant by that - like, do you mean what influenced his decision to leave?
[10:17 PM] Reed: or do you mean how it happened itself, like more indepth?
[10:17 PM] fumean.beanmachine: influence, the consequences of it, things like that
[10:18 PM] fumean.beanmachine: like
[10:18 PM] fumean.beanmachine: i.e
[10:18 PM] fumean.beanmachine: character a loses a good friend
because of it character a has trust issues bc theyre afraid of losing people close to them
[10:18 PM] fumean.beanmachine: slate has the first part
[10:18 PM] fumean.beanmachine: but not the second part
[10:18 PM] Reed: oH! that makes a lot more sense
[10:18 PM] fumean.beanmachine: (but obviously to ians situation)
[10:18 PM] fumean.beanmachine: theres no like
[10:18 PM] fumean.beanmachine: impact from it
[10:19 PM] fumean.beanmachine: which is jarring since its a p big decision
[10:19 PM] fumean.beanmachine: fjsdaglkhweldkgw
[10:19 PM] fumean.beanmachine: but also if you guys have questions like that in the future please ask us so yall can still mend it :sweat_drops:
[10:19 PM] Reed: skjdhfkjds ya ya// i thought I understood but I see now I actually didnt get the full scope
[10:20 PM] Reed: im so glad you're willing to have a dialogue abt this bc i cant tell you how important it is to have communication liek this
[10:20 PM] Reed: In ians case -- i guess the Before was like, the pressure from his family and his repressed nature and so on, and the effect of it ? And how it lead him to bottle his feelings of wanting to escape that eventually boiled over -- as for how it changed his personality is something that slate needs to still define?
[10:20 PM] Reed: like that I guess?
[10:21 PM] fumean.beanmachine: how it changed anything p much
[10:21 PM] fumean.beanmachine: like what did that action shape in ians life
[10:21 PM] Reed: I see- it was a pretty recent thing, like not more than a year I think
[10:22 PM] Reed: so the changes would have been more psychological ... nods nods ok
[10:22 PM] Reed: i think im understanding what you're getting at (this time)
[10:22 PM] Reed: KUSEHFKUSFE
[10:22 PM] fumean.beanmachine: and as for just accepting them and waiting till they fix it later is kinda,,,
[10:22 PM] fumean.beanmachine: wehhh
[10:22 PM] Reed: yeaaaa
[10:23 PM] fumean.beanmachine: bc like im sure slately would do it but
[10:23 PM] fumean.beanmachine: not everyone would
[10:23 PM] fumean.beanmachine: and if we did that for slately
[10:23 PM] fumean.beanmachine: we'd have to do it for anyone else
[10:23 PM] fumean.beanmachine: or else we'd be playing favorites
[10:23 PM] Reed: makes sense....
[10:23 PM] fumean.beanmachine: djsgalkehw
[10:23 PM] fumean.beanmachine: we just want to make sure the apps are concrete and ready to go when theyre accepted and as it stands rn, ians app is still p wobbly bc of the missing things
[10:24 PM] fumean.beanmachine: and we cant wait too much longer bc we promised the acceptance list like 24 mins ago WEEPS
[10:24 PM] fumean.beanmachine: (also bc its getting late for both gold and I)
[10:26 PM] Reed: hhhhh :ccc
[10:26 PM] fumean.beanmachine: holds my head
[10:26 PM] fumean.beanmachine: weeps
[10:26 PM] Reed: i even texted them, so I guess the only choice is to find out until it's not possible to wait anymore
[10:26 PM] Reed: though, like, if its a matter of being worried about 'playing favorites', i can actually think of a way to allow for more time without necessitating that
[10:28 PM] Reed: You said it was actually a few people that forgot to mention the militia, not just slate, right? Because it was common sense, but not TECHNICAlly written on the faq or the char creation journal that it was required. So it could be like a "woops our bad, since we didnt mention it we're gonna let any applicants that missed this fix their apps, but only if you already submitted an app check" -- so like it plays towards fairness, and isnt unreasonable?

But im also grapsing at straws so if its literally just slate who needs to fix their app and everyone else is on time, then like.... yea,,, i can see from the MOD pov how thats unfair to everyone else who hauled butt to get it done on time and delaying is not cool
[10:29 PM] fumean.beanmachine: well
[10:29 PM] fumean.beanmachine: it was only one other person that forgot it
[10:29 PM] Reed: .
[10:29 PM] Reed: o h.
[10:29 PM] fumean.beanmachine: and they fixed it immediately
[10:29 PM] fumean.beanmachine: djshkljgahewldks
[10:29 PM] Reed: ..... melts onto the floor quyietly
[10:29 PM] fumean.beanmachine: me
[10:29 PM] fumean.beanmachine: yeah its just,,,
[10:29 PM] fumean.beanmachine: waiting on slate rn
[10:30 PM] fumean.beanmachine: so im kinda rlly
[10:30 PM] fumean.beanmachine: :sweat_drops:
[10:30 PM] fumean.beanmachine: hhhhhhhhhhhhh
[10:30 PM] Reed: :cccc
[10:30 PM] Reed: thanks for waiting as long as you have so far
[10:30 PM] fumean.beanmachine: wheezes into the Void
[10:30 PM] Reed: it really means a lot to me -- and to slate too, even tho shes not here rn,
[10:31 PM] Reed: shes really been wanting to join a smaller cozy feeling one for a while so this is like, "just right" SKJDFHSKEFH
[10:31 PM] fumean.beanmachine: ghhfsglkjfchgskj
[10:31 PM] fumean.beanmachine: weeps
[10:31 PM] Reed: i think,
[10:32 PM] Reed: it wouldnt be unreasonable to close the door after enough waiting, so whenever that happens, I understand// I'll be waiting here, too
[10:32 PM] fumean.beanmachine: yeah we were only
[10:32 PM] fumean.beanmachine: willing to wait about a half hour
[10:32 PM] fumean.beanmachine: and its been that long
[10:32 PM] fumean.beanmachine: sobs
[10:32 PM] Reed: i really hope she doesnt have overtime today bc she didnt say if she did or not
[10:32 PM] Reed: yikes....
[10:32 PM] fumean.beanmachine: hhhbghgfhdsnsjfkls
[10:32 PM] fumean.beanmachine: i just,,
[10:33 PM] fumean.beanmachine: rlly hope you or slate dont hold any resentment towards us
[10:33 PM] fumean.beanmachine: bvsk
[10:33 PM] fumean.beanmachine: theres always next opening for slate and they can stay in the server as a guest
[10:33 PM] fumean.beanmachine: but unfortunately we cant wait any longer bc we're holding up everyone else thats finished :sweat_drops:
[10:34 PM] fumean.beanmachine: ive already been asked by a couple people when the list was being posted too
[10:34 PM] fumean.beanmachine: so ppl are definitely getting antsy
[10:34 PM] fumean.beanmachine: sobs
[10:34 PM] fumean.beanmachine: melts
[10:35 PM] Reed: skdjhskj
[10:35 PM] Reed: cries softly...
[10:35 PM] fumean.beanmachine: mood,,,
[10:35 PM] fumean.beanmachine: im
[10:35 PM] fumean.beanmachine: rlly rlly sorry fsjgkdaslkjgblf
[10:35 PM] fumean.beanmachine: hhh
[10:36 PM] Reed: do you think if like.... if you asked ppl in the srever like 'would it be fair to wait' kind of thing...? It just feel slike. What if they get on in like 10 minutes and turns out they JUST missed it.
[10:36 PM] Reed: sdjkfhsekh heck now im scaring myself into jinxing it
[10:36 PM] fumean.beanmachine: ehhfbnkhsjgbvfkgres
[10:36 PM] fumean.beanmachine: i wouldnt want to
[10:36 PM] fumean.beanmachine: out slate like that tho
[10:36 PM] fumean.beanmachine: jgshklsd
[10:36 PM] fumean.beanmachine: i think itd be pretty embarrassing for us to be like
[10:36 PM] fumean.beanmachine: "should we wait for them to fix their app"
[10:36 PM] fumean.beanmachine: when we told others that
[10:37 PM] fumean.beanmachine: they had to be done on time with no extensions
[10:37 PM] fumean.beanmachine: for this final deadline
[10:37 PM] Reed: yea....
[10:37 PM] fumean.beanmachine: also a bit unfair
[10:37 PM] Reed: ughhh. ur right.
[10:37 PM] fumean.beanmachine: like i dont want to be mean or like "cut them out" but like for the sake of keeping things fair across the board
[10:38 PM] fumean.beanmachine: yknow we just
[10:38 PM] Reed: . oh they just texted me back
[10:38 PM] fumean.beanmachine: oof
[10:38 PM] Reed: LIDGHKUSEG
[10:38 PM] Reed: well.
[10:38 PM] Reed: uh.
[10:38 PM] Reed: this is awkward
[10:38 PM] Reed: KJSFHKSUEHF
[10:38 PM] fumean.beanmachine: what did they say hghsflda
[10:39 PM] Reed: they asked me "what was the change", and i told them it was -lack of militia in the hist mentioned' and 'effect of leaving on ian and how it changed him'
[10:39 PM] fumean.beanmachine: ghfksfkjghadaklajgh
[10:39 PM] fumean.beanmachine: lies down
[10:40 PM] fumean.beanmachine: rubs my temples
[10:41 PM] Reed: hey, i know i already said this, but thanks for waiting at all. Most mods wouldnt even bother with that.
[10:41 PM] Reed: THey're not home rn and wont have access to a comp. Like..... if i ask i bet slate would let me fix it for them but it feels kind of weird, you know?
[10:41 PM] fumean.beanmachine: yeah
[10:41 PM] fumean.beanmachine: hhhbdsljkfhglkd
[10:41 PM] fumean.beanmachine: in that case
[10:42 PM] fumean.beanmachine: im v srry but
[10:42 PM] fumean.beanmachine: slates gonna miss out on this opening,,,,,
[10:42 PM] fumean.beanmachine: we cant rlly afford to wait any longer with gold being already very exhausted and needing to sleep as well as other ppl getting antsy in the wait
[10:42 PM] fumean.beanmachine: ill send slate
[10:42 PM] fumean.beanmachine: an explanation/apology sorta deal
[10:43 PM] fumean.beanmachine: hgsbkjbnkjbakdg
[10:43 PM] fumean.beanmachine: i hope u guys will understand :pensive:
[10:43 PM] Reed: alright... can I make a personal request that you like... try to use informal phrasing and stuff, like how we've been talking here?
[10:43 PM] fumean.beanmachine: yee :0
[10:44 PM] Reed: I feel like if its made too formal it comes across as standoffish, which totally isn't the case here but... yea -- idk //lays down
[10:44 PM] fumean.beanmachine: ty for at least
[10:44 PM] fumean.beanmachine: being able to talk in slates place
[10:44 PM] fumean.beanmachine: since i couldnt talk with slate
[10:44 PM] fumean.beanmachine: djskglahelkdg
[10:44 PM] Reed: im not like upset at the mod team per say but im definitely sad abt this :cc
and yea ofc. I wanna represent ma fren :muscle:
[10:45 PM] fumean.beanmachine: im srry wheeze
[10:45 PM] fumean.beanmachine: next opening should be around july/august
[10:45 PM] fumean.beanmachine: gold said every 3-4 months
[10:45 PM] fumean.beanmachine: iirc
[10:45 PM] Reed: :ccc
[10:46 PM] Reed: i'll be honest... chances are slate probably wont apply for the next round... its not like a personal thing but like, its been a few near misses for rp group apps nowadays so theyre probably just really discouraged
[10:47 PM] Reed: but I think it'll be ok, in the end// after you hit the bottom the only place left is to go up (or some motivational crap liek that SKJDHFSE)
[10:51 PM] fumean.beanmachine: ive sent off the message
[10:51 PM] fumean.beanmachine: now to finish up posting the list
[10:51 PM] fumean.beanmachine: ty again for your patience and understanding where we're coming from
[10:51 PM] fumean.beanmachine: whee ze jdksgbalwed